American industrialist and founder of the Otis Elevator Company, who introduced the safety elevator in 1852, preventing a cab's fall if its cable broke. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Did Elisha Otis invent the elevator?
He introduced the safety elevator in 1852.
This page credits Elisha Otis with introducing the safety elevator in 1852, a design that prevents a cab from falling if its cable breaks. He was an American industrialist and the founder of the Otis Elevator Company. The safety feature, rather than the lifting machine itself, is what his name is attached to here.
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Invented the safety elevator brake that made tall buildings practical.
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Elisha Graves Otis (August 3, 1811 – April 8, 1861) was an American industrialist and founder of the Otis Elevator Company.
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Elisha Graves Otis (August 3, 1811 - April 8, 1861) was an American industrialist and founder of the Otis Elevator Company.
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In 1853, he invented a safety device that prevents elevators from falling if the hoisting cable fails.
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he invented a safety device that prevents elevators from falling if the hoisting cable fails
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In 1852, Elisha Otis introduced the safety elevator, which prevented the fall of the cab if the cable broke.
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